Research experience (papers)

 

Al-Ramadan K.A., Hussain M., Imam B., Saner S., 2004, Lithologic characteristics and diagenesis of the Devonian Jauf Sandstone at Ghawar Field, Eastern Saudi Arabia: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 21, 1221-1234.

 

Al-Ramadan Khalid, Morad Sadoon, Proust Jean-Noel, Al-Aasm, Ihsan, 2005, Distribution of Diagenetic Alterations in Siliciclastic Shoreface Deposits Within Sequence Stratigraphic Framework: Evidence From The Upper Jurassic, Boulonnais, NW France. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 75, 943-959.

 

Saner, S., Hassan H., Al-Ramadan K. and Abdulghani W., 2006, Mineralogical , pore and petrophysical characteristics of the Devonian Jauf sandstone reservoir, Hawiyah Field, Eastern Saudi Arabia. Journal of Petroleum Geology. v. 29, p. 257-272.

 

Al-Ramadan Khalid, Morad Sadoon, Plink-Björklund Piret, 2007, Distribution of Diagenetic Alterations in Relationship to Depositional Facies and Sequence Stratigraphy of Wave- and Tide-Dominated Siliciclastic Shoreline Complex: Upper Cretaceous Chimney Rock Sandstones, Wyoming and Utah, USA. International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publication: Linking Diagenesis to Sequence Stratigraphy of Sedimentary Rocks (Accepted).

 

Al-Ramadan Khalid, Morad Sadoon, Norton A. Kent, Hulver Michael, 2007, Linking Diagenesis and Porosity Preservation to Sequence Stratigraphy of Gas Condensate Reservoir Sandstones, the Jauf Formation (Lower to Middle Devonian), Eastern Saudi Arabia. International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publication: Linking Diagenesis to Sequence Stratigraphy of Sedimentary Rocks (Accepted).

 

Al-Ramadan Khalid, Morad Sadoon, El-Khoriby Essam, Distribution of Diagenetic Alterations in Sequence Stratigraphic Context of Tidal Flat Sandstones: Evidence From The Adedia Formation (Cambro-Ordovician), Sinai, Egypt. (Submitted to Sedimentary Geology).

 

Al-Ramadan Khalid, Morad Sadoon, Ketzer João Marcelo, The Impact of Diagenesis on Heterogeneity of Sandstone Reservoirs: A Review of the Links to Depositional Facies and Sequence Stratigraphy (Manuscript).

 

Published conference abstracts

 

Al-Ramadan K., Hussain M., Imam B., and Saner S., 2002, Diagenesis of Jauf Sandstone in Hawiyah Area, Saudi Arabia: Abstracts with Programs, AAPG International Conference, Cairo, Egypt, October 27-30, 2002.

 

Al-Ramadan K., Morad S., Eklund S. and Proust J.N., 2004, Calcite cementation patterns and textural habits within sequence stratigraphic framework of Upper Jurassic siliciclastic successions, Boulonnais, France In : 26th Nordic Geological Winter Meeting, January 6-9, 2004 Uppsala, Sweden.

 

Al-Ramadan K., Morad S., Proust J.N. and Al-Aasm I., 2004, Distribution of diagenetic alterations in shoreface siliciclastic deposits within a sequence stratigraphic framework: evidence from the upper Jurassic rocks, Boulonnais, NW France. In : 32th International Geologic Congress, 20-28 August, 2004, Florence, Italy.

 

Al-Ramadan K., S. Morad, A. K. Norton, M. L. Hulver, 2006, Linking Diagenesis and Porosity Preservation to Sequence Stratigraphy of Reservoir Sandstones in the Jauf Formation (Lower Devonian), Eastern Saudi Arabia. In: 7th Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition (GEO2006), 27-29 March 2006, Bahrain. (The best oral presentation)

 

Al-Ramadan K., Morad S., Proust J.N. and Al-Aasm I., 2007, Distribution of diagenetic alterations in shoreface siliciclastic deposits within a sequence stratigraphic framework: evidence from the upper Jurassic rocks, Boulonnais, NW France. In: 25th International Association of Sedimentologists Regional Meeting, 4-7 September, 2007, Patras, Greece.

 

Projects

Member in research institute project CPM2262 “Core, Drill Cutting and Formation Fluids/Gas Analysis in The Area of Block “A”, in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”

Member in research institute project CPM2266 “Analysis of Core, Drill Cutting and Formation  Fluid Samples From Wells in Block-B, Rub Al-Khali , Saudi Arabia”

Member in three years project funded by KACST about Hydrogeology and Economic Feasibility of Inland and Coastal Sabkhas of Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

 

Grants and Awards

Junior faculty grant 2007.

British council summer research grant 2007; postdoctoral summer research in Cardiff University with Prof. Paul Wright.

The best oral presentation in the 7th Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition (GEO2006), 27-29 March 2006, Bahrain.

 

 

 

 

Memberships in geosciences organizations

 

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)

Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)

International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS)

European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE)

Dhahran Geosciences Society (DGS)